(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 11 GEN - Fantoni Group, a company based in Friuli and active in the production of office furniture, chipboard panels, and MDF, submitted to the court of Cologne (Germany) its counter-arguments in the context of the lawsuit filed against the German Federal Government for the unilateral limits of formaldehyde. The group announced.

In addition to Fantoni, supported by Federlegno, even the Italian companies Frati, Saib, Saviola, Arper and Panguaneta, the Belgian Unilin, and the Spanish Finsa, in whose name the Friulian group acted, are committed to re-establishing uniform rules.

The counter-arguments are based on a "detailed expert opinion drawn up by the highest German scientific authority, Rainer Marutzky, who has accompanied the preparation of more in-depth studies in the analysis of formaldehyde emissions for 40 years," reads the statement.

"The document underlines the unsuitability of the limits introduced by Germany from January 1, 2020 - the Fantoni group specified - which, moreover, were not even notified to the European authorities before entering into force." "We are facing a Far West made up of unilateral and asymmetrical choices - CEO Paolo Fantoni, president of the European Panel Federation, said - which causes problems for European producers in their sales in Germany and leaves the doors open to imports into the Union of non-European products that do not respect any parameters. Moreover, this also generates confusion in the final consumer. That's why - he added - we asked the EU to intervene to ensure uniformity of rules, introducing a single minimum class of formaldehyde in all 27 countries." (ANSA).